If you are unsure when these leases are coming due you should find out immediately and make note of it! Why? Because it could very well end up costing your business another year with your current lease and leased equipment - This is what is referred to as an Automatic Renewal!

You may have been looking forward to upgrading your lease on some of the equipment listed above and you can. But, without following proper procedures: i.e. notification, telling the lease company what your end-of-lease intensions are, the leasing company has the right under contract agreement to automatically renew your lease from month-to-month or year-to-year. It's in the writing of all leases and you should make effort to find this out.

Most Leasing Companies require you to contact them in writing at least Three (3) Months prior to end of lease, but not more than 120-days, telling them that you plan to cancel or upgrade your current leased equipment. But there are some lease companies that require you to inform them as many as Six (6) months prior to end-of-lease. This might not be a good thing to find out during those last few months of your lease when you were looking forward to leasing new equipment, espically if you had it in mind to change equipment manufacturer and vendor, as well.

Make sure to read the fine print!

Quick thought on Supplies -

As we move forward looking at the competition, whether talking copiers or postage meter equipment, don't make the mistake many businesses do. Keep in mind not only what the product is costing you, but the all important supplies. There may be an attractive initial equipment base cost but a real hidden cost could be the supplies, their actual cost and yields.

When you are about to embark on the journey
to research the new multi-function copier equipment that is now in
the marketplace there are a few things that you should keep in
mind. The copier systems have more to offer your business today
than ever before. They not only work as copiers, but if you connect
these devices to your network you will then have a not only a
copier, but a printer, as well. This can offer an elaborate savings
over your current usage of office printers. This is not to say that
you want to eliminate those printers, but more precisely,
complement their usage. We do not want to disturb the office
workflow; we want to enhance it - and neither do the
office personnel that use a convenience printer.

These systems, once connected as printers,
will offer your office environment new ways to produce the
necessary printing that you need to accomplish. But there are
other things to take into consideration beyond copying, printing
and connectivity. The other consideration is what is really taking
hold with many of our clients today. And that is scanning. Scanning
to FTP Server or Desktop for the purposes of File Storage. This is
the beginning of reducing paper and eliminating physical file
storage and even making it easier to manage documents in the world
of the virtual office. These are just a few of the things to take
into consideration when you are on that journey with office
automation and streamlining your office information centers.

One last quick thought. Before you make any
moves in the direction that many businesses are going today, you
want to make sure you take into strong consideration - the software
that is going to move you along with this process. Strong software
with flexibility and precision will do your office wonders. You
don’t want to make moves that will cause your business to have
compatibility issues.

Lastly, the reason our company offers Sharp Digital Copiers
and not another copier manufacturer’s product is for two (2)
specific reasons. One is due to the strong recognition that
Sharp has with
regards to the actual physical product integrity. It is strong and
durable, very user friendly, and has grown into the digital
marketplace becoming the Number One Manufacturer in today’s Copier
Industry. The other is, the fact that Sharp has one of the most
powerful software packages available today. Sharp is years ahead of the competition
and should be given a long and strong consideration when
considering any type of updating.

In fact, Buyer’s Lab has given selected
Sharp Products
the "Pick of the
Year" awards. This is an extremely high honor
in the copier industry. Also, Better Buys For Business
has done very much the same thing. We stand heads over our
competition and are very proud of the products we offer businesses
like your own.

For more information, and before you make a
serious move, call us and we will set a time to meet with you and
your IT Technical Personnel to further discuss just what we can
offer your business.